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IN WHICH WE BOUGHT A PENIS

Axl Rosenberg — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:00:57 +0000

Holy shit. I wasn’t even out that late last night, but for some reason I am just so tired today that it feels like nothing is really happening. Am I really typing this? Did I really write something positive about Zakk Wylde? Can I please just go to sleep now? I’m just gonna go to [...]

THIS JUST IN: AXL STILL LOVES CHIMAIRA

Axl Rosenberg — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:30:13 +0000

Last night Vince and I hit up the Trivium/Chimaira/Whitechapel/Dirge Within show at Irving Plaza here in NYC. I will never ever get sick of watching Chimaira live. They have a forty-five minute set on this tour, and they really make the most of it by basically segueing directly from one song to the next with [...]

SPEAKING OF 3…

Axl Rosenberg — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:00:33 +0000

…MS Maniac Daisy May Tinklepants just pointed out to us that the cover art for their new album, Revisions, is awfully similar to the cover art for Throwdown’s new album, Deathless. The two are being released too closely together for me to think that one is ripping off the other (also, their respective music is [...]

ZAKK WYLDE IS A MENSCH

Axl Rosenberg — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:30:17 +0000

So unless you spent your summer someplace where there’s no internet or any way to get metal news, you should be aware that Zakk Wylde a) has been replaced by Firewind’s Gus G. as Ozzy’s new guitarist and b) got the news when Ozzy did an interview announcing he was parting ways from his longtime [...]

ARE 3 REVISIONING THEIR SOUND?

Vince Neilstein — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:00:47 +0000

Apparently 3 have an album out. The band “3.” You know, the band whose logo looks like a giant dong on its side. The album is called Revisions; it came out on October 27th, yet I’ve heard nary a peep about it in the U.S. press. No interviews, no features, no “album art revealed!” or [...]

CHRIS ADLER COLLABORATING WITH KIRK HAMMETT

Axl Rosenberg — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:30:51 +0000

I’ve been aware since the release of The Ashes of the Wake that Metallica’s Kirk Hammett is a Lamb of God fan – Kirk was spotted at that album’s release show at the Roseland Ballroom here in NYC – and I’ve wondered in the past if he wasn’t responsible for LoG suddenly becoming a go-to [...]

ON METAL PRODUCTION

Vince Neilstein — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:00:23 +0000

My piece on drum-triggering a few weeks back ruffled a few feathers and even prompted a defense from Eyal. But what about metal production as a whole? Cosmo Lee at Invisible Oranges just published his thoughts on the current state of metal production, and as usual he’s (mostly) spot on. I agree with the general thesis [...]

IS LEO MILLER INTERVIEWING CONVERGE, OR IS CONVERGE INTERVIEWING LEO MILLER?

Axl Rosenberg — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:30:01 +0000

Now that Animosity is done, I guess vocalist Leo Miller is occupying his time by working as a correspondent for Metal Injection – in which I case I can only say, “Hey, Leo, welcome to the family!” Any friend of MI’s is a friend of ours. Except for Sid. He doesn’t like Cynic so screw [...]

THE FUNNIEST READER EMAIL WE’VE RECEIVED IN QUITE SOME TIME!

Vince Neilstein — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:00:23 +0000

For the sake of this poor kid’s humility, I’m going to omit his name. But holy hell, this is funny! At 9:18pm last night we received the following email: To whom it may concern, I just received some information personally from Tracy Sanders of Mastodon. He had privelidged me with the title of their upcoming album. From his [...]

MORE ON 360 DEALS: WHY THE “INDUSTRY” IS NECESSARY

Vince Neilstein — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:30:55 +0000

Seems my post about Earache’s 360 deal with Gama Bomb has set off quite a controversy. It inspired The Blogronaut (aka Sacha Dunable) to write a lengthy missive about why he thinks 360 deals aren’t worth it for musicians. That article in turn inspired The Austerity Program’s Justin Foley to leave a doozy of a [...]

HAPPY 48TH BIRTHDAY, CRAIG GOLDY!

Gary Suarez — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:00:36 +0000

Sure, Craig Goldy, you didn’t play guitar on Dio’s classic albums (Holy Diver, The Last In Line, Sacred Heart), and even decades later you remain in the shadow of Vivian Campbell. And yeah “I Could Have Been A Dreamer” doesn’t hold a candle to “Rainbow In The Dark”, but today is your birthday, Big [...]

COMING OUT IS HARD

Axl Rosenberg — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:30:19 +0000

All I can say is: THIS IS FUCKING REAL. Major, major props to Josh Jacobson for sending this in. -AR RELATED POSTS:BISON B.C.’S JUGGALLOWEENA NEW JUGGA-LOWIN WHICH OUR DAD WON US SOME PENGUINS IN A POKER GAMEBLOODS, CRIPS… JUGGALOS?METAL HEARS RODNEY KING’S PLEAS

TO-MERA DEFINITELY DO NOT NEED TO SUCK IT

Vince Neilstein — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:15:35 +0000

In Axl’s post the other day about chicks in metal who rule harder than Leaves Eyes’ Liv Kristine, he asked our readers to share their favorite metal bands with females… and only ONE of you mentioned the fantastic To-Mera from the UK (clap clap clap for “Choronzon”!). To-Mera easily smoke any of the weak bands [...]

ALMOST AS GOOD AS A BIG FOUR TOUR?

Axl Rosenberg — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:44:10 +0000

I know that with the postponement of the latest round of Megadeth/Slayer Canadian tour dates it’s tempting to say that the Mustaine-Slayer feud has finally reached critical mass, but I don’t actually believe that; we’ve been hearing rumors that the tour would finally come to America some time next year, and I think this is [...]

WE DON’T POST NEARLY ENOUGH KING DIAMOND

Vince Neilstein — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:13:18 +0000

Says MS Maniac Michael Arose, “King Diamond always wakes me up in the morning.” Touche. -VN RELATED POSTS:TICKING FOR THE GUESTKLOKAPPARENTLY, DAN SPITZ HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH ANTHRAX’S SUCCESSSHOULD YOU BUY THIS ALBUM? ABSU-FUCKING-LUTELY.DORKS LOVE METAL!CAGE RELEASES KING DIAMOND TRIBUTE TRACK

PRESENTING THE 2010 METAL AS ART TOUR, FEATURING HYPNO5E, REVOCATION AND THE BINARY CODE

MetalSucks — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:32:53 +0000

We’re extremely proud to present to you what in our humble opinions is the coolest young band tour of early 2010; The Metal As Art Tour, featuring Hypno5e, Revocation and The Binary Code. While every band on the bill is different from one another, each brings a unique, artistic sensibility to their own brand of [...]

FUNNY PHOTO CAPTION CONTEST: WIN A KATATONIA NIGHT IS THE NEW DAY PRIZE PACKAGE

Vince Neilstein — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:00:19 +0000

Congrats to the winners of last week’s funny photo caption contest, each of whom will receive a dandy Dying Fetus CD in the mail for their troubles. The winning entries: Harahune: “Mister Nugent was not sure how to react to seeing Mustaine. After all, he had hunted deer and boar but never jackasses.” Richard Michael Christopher Hall: [...]

DISGORGE, MEXICO THE MOVIE: THE CLIP

Axl Rosenberg — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:30:26 +0000

Remember Disgorge, Mexico, that weird ass looking movie I was talking about that was directed by David Hall and inspired by the Fuck the Facts album of the same title? Well, our PLPs (platonic life partners) over at Metal Injection have debuted a clip from the film, and – not exactly shocking – it’s weirder [...]

(HIGH ON) FIRE VERSUS FROST (HAMMER)

Axl Rosenberg — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:00:06 +0000

I’m not entirely sure what a “frost hammer” is – it sounds like the name of a band I wouldn’t like, actually – but it’s apparently the title of a new High on Fire song. You can watch bootleg footage of it being played live below, courtesy Blabbermouth. Meanwhile, Snakes for the Divine has been announced [...]

PERIPHERY, EMPYREON & THE BINARY CODE: A SPECIAL METALSUCKS NYC SHOW

Vince Neilstein — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:30:30 +0000

We’ve been raving about Sumeriancore upstarts Periphery for months now, and their first-ever U.S. headline tour (since signing with Sumerian, anyway) is finally upon us. The trek will be making just 9 stops, beginning this Sunday, November 8th in Richmond, VA. All dates also feature Mutiny Within and This or the Apocalypse — except a [...]